Macowaniella is a genus of fungi in the Asterinaceae family. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any order.[1]

Macowaniella
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Macowaniella

Type species
Macowaniella congesta
(G. Winter) Doidge
Species

Macowaniella congesta
Macowaniella myrsinicola

It is mainly found in South Africa or Alaska.[2]

The genus name of Macowaniella is in honour of Peter MacOwen (1830-1909), who was a (British-) South African teacher, chemist and botanist.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Ethel Mary Doidge in Bothalia vol.1 on page 9 in 1921.

References

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  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. ^ "Macowaniella E.M.Doidge, 1921". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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